FLW College Fishing @ SIUC campus

For more information visit the event page by clicking on this caption

Yes, you heard it right, The FLW college series is going to be here at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Campus for the Regional Championship Weigh-in and sponsor festival.

As it is noted in the official flyer above, there will be plenty of activities, food, prizes, and other fun festivities leading up to the competitors` weigh-in (fish brought from Lake Kinkaid).

This event will be held from October 6th-8th (Thursday-Saturday) outside the SIUC area, so in between or after classes, come join in on the fun.  

For more information, you can visit the official event page at the following link : CLICK HERE

Veteran`s buddy Tournament

http://dailyegyptian.com/2010/03/31/saluki-bassers-reel-in-veterans/

The Saluki Basser`s - Veteran`s buddy Tournament

Hey folks, our annual veteran`s buddy tournament is coming up soon this month, so we figured now would be a good time to remind everyone what it is, and whom it is for.

Every year, The Saluki Bassers - SIUC bass team hosts a buddy tournament where we pair our members up with a local United States Military Veteran and have fun competing in a day of tournament style fishing on local lake "Lake of Egypt".

Our current "but still tentative"date for this event is scheduled Sunday March 27th, 2011

Our team expects nothing in return from our veterans for this day of fishing expect for them simply showing up for a day of fishing. This is just our teams way of saying thank-you for their years of  service keeping our country safe and protecting our freedom to do what we love.

Currently however, we are looking to build support from previous years, and are asking other fishing teams in the area to donate their time to this noble cause. Therefore, if your team is at all interested in helping out by bringing more boater members to get more veterans on the water, we ask that you contact our team president Nathan Bochniack at nbochia@siu.edu for more information about how to help.

Also for more information about this event please feel free to read about this event in last years "Daily Egyptian" newspaper at the following link.

http://dailyegyptian.com/2010/03/31/saluki-bassers-reel-in-veterans/

We want to again thank all of our veterans for their years of  service keeping our country safe and protecting our freedom to do what we love.

Team Updates (Feb 2nd, 2011)

Hello Everyone,

Just a few updates from the Saluki Bassers

First off.
We have brought in a few new members whom will be fishing as Saluki Bassers.
We would like to welcome the new members whom are as follows

• Aaron Connor
• Clay Guenther
• Nick Guenther

we are excited to have some new guys to fish with, and hope they enjoy the team.

Next.

We have scheduled our team buddy tournament for this semester during tonights meeting.

This Saturday (Feb 5th) we will be fishing at Lake of Egypt.

For those attending, we are meeting up 615am at Macks. The cost is $20 per boat & $5 for big bass

Also.

Through the help of our faculty advisor Dr. Ed Heist we will be scheduling a day where we will make an appearance at an upcoming open house at SIUC where we will be talking with visiting high-school students, and possibly taking them fishing around the campus lake. More info will be posted on this page as the details are hammered out. So keep a look out.

And Finally.

For those interested in the events our team will be competing in, and the appearances we will be making at upcoming events such as the Bass Master Classic in Louisiana Delta this year, please refer to the calendar as linked from our team homepage. 

Thanks for reading-

The Saluki Bassers

Saluki Bassers at the Spring 2011 RSO fair

Interested in joining the Saluki Bassers?

Well today (Jan 20th, 2011) starting at 5pm running until around 7pm is the Registered Student Organization "RSO" Fair located in the campus student center in the upstairs ballrooms. 

A few members from the Saluki Bassers (SIUC Bass Fishing Team) will be at the fair answering questions about the team and taking down information from those interested in joining.

So if you have some questions about joining, want to join, or just want to chat about bass fishing, today is the best day to do so, at the student center on campus starting at 5:00pm

Hope to see everyone there.

Trying on a new look

http://bassers.rso.siuc.edu

if you haven`t noticed already, we have put together a new website for the team.

as it is new, there might be some bugs or compatibility issues so if you have any problems, please feel free to use any of the contact info on the site to report such issues.

otherwise some new additions and updates to our website that might be of help are as follows

- updated list of sponsors
- (public viewable) by-laws
- information for high-school students
- calendar of events
- updates and news blog *you are on now*
- links to all of our pictures
- (public viewable) tournament standings
- angler of the year section

hope you all enjoy the new site!

Salukis at the Bass University - Chicago

Hello once again everybody,

This past weekend 2 of the Saluki Bassers attended The Bass University. For those of you who are unfamiliar. The Bass University is a 2 day long class just for bass fishing. It is the techniques and fishing tips that you do not just learn reading FLW or Bassmaster magazine. The seminars are hosted by Bass Master CLassic Champion Mike Iaconelli and pro fisherman Pete Gluzek. They travel from town to town with other pros teaching the sport which we all love.

The weekend of December 4th Iaconelli and Gluzek rolled into Chicago along with Mark Zona, Byron Velvick, Greg Hackney, and FLW tour Pro Brent Ehrler. This was one of those things that you could not miss. So Senior Bryan Partak and Sophmore Dominick DiNovo made the trip to Chicago for the weekend, despite the fact that final exams are only a week away. As the class went on both anglers learned a great deal about advanced jig, crankbait, and even swimbait fishing. DiNovo and Partak were the only college anglers at the event so this gave them a bunch of attention from the pros. Both Dominick and Bryan had the luxury of having one on one talks with all the pros. Wheather it was about techniques or what it takes to go pro the two were full of questions. The two college anglers also learned a great deal about the fishing industy. As the class went on, Sunday afternoon Dominick and Bryan got to eat lunch with Byron Velvick and Brent Ehrler. To both Dominick and Bryan this event was life changing and made them realize that is going to take alot of hard work and dedication to make a living playing this game. But one thing is for sure, Dominick and Bryan will do anything to move on to the next level.

I encourage all of you reading this to attend at least one Bass Univeristy in your life time. Its not everyday that you get to have one on one conversations with Mark Zona or Mike Iaconelli or even Greg Hackney. Attached are some pictures of the two at the seminar.

ESPN/Boat US Qualifier tournament on Lake of Egypt

Hello everybody,

The Saluki Bass Team has had quite a busy past few weeks. The weekend of November 13-15th was the teams qualifier for the Boat US National Championship on Lake Lewisville Texas and the ESPN College Bass National Championship on the Arkansas River in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eight boats eagerly took off as their numbers were called and went to there spots. THe day started off overcast as a light drizzle came down. The week before a massive cold front hit, but within a few days of the tournament it warmed up and really jacked up those green fish. The fishing was rough at times, but the hard working Saluki Bassers managed to put together a pattern that served them well. As some anglers had there limits, and the others had close to there limits. As Day 1 came to an end cuts were made and Day 2 was quickly approaching.

Day 2 threw us with some very adverse conditions.High Blue skies and a cold front with steady winds.

5 Boats Left at a shotgun started and scattered throughout the lake. Some boats made the long run down lake and looked for cooler and deeper water and threw deep diving crankbaits on deep main lake points with brush piles on them, while others stayed up lake near the warmer water and fished the grass all day. Both techniques proved to be affective. As the day came to an end, everyone could tell the weigh in was going to be an epic one. Team Veteran and Senior Bryan Partak caught the biggest bag both days and and dominated the feild, winning the tournament with an 2 day overall weight of 27-7. He also took big bass with a 5lb 4oz fish.Bryan was fishing grass mats. But that was not the only big bag of the tournament at a close 2nd place was Junior Steven Crawley. Steven weighed in a 2 day weight of 24-3. Steven was throwing a crankbait on deep brush piles. On the Co-Angler side Sophmore Dominick DiNovo got the win with a 2 day total weight of 9-12. Both days Dominick was fishing grass with a Strike King Red Eye Shad and a Spro Frog Jr in Black. Coming in a close 2nd  on the co-angler side was senior Joe Fleishauer. Joe was fishing a whacky rig around docks to catch his 9-2 bag.

Representing the club at the Boat US National Championship will be SR Bryan Partak and Soph. Dominick DiNovo in Boat 1. And in Boat number 2 will be JR Stephen Crawley and SR Joe Fleishauer.

Going to the ESPN National Championship will be SR Bryan Partak. What is exciting about this is that BASS just announced the winner of the ESPN National Championship will get a spot in the 2011 Bassmaster CLassic in New Orleans. So if Bryan Partak can pull off a win in Little Rock, he will be competing against the best in the world for a spot in the Bassmaster Classic. Joining him will be either Soph. Dominick DiNovo or SR. Joe Fleishauer.

Be sure to stay tuned for more exciting news!!!

Till Next Time Tight Lines

The Saluki Bassers